Scallops and ruffles

This post was supposed to be about pretty things. I was hoping to make a scalloped basket liner and some ruffly pillows. Instead of a day spent at the sewing machine, it was spent trying to get my hubby off to Montreal and me over a dreadful stomach flu. To top it off, winter finally hit us here and dumped loads of snow on us. I am stressed.

It is at these times that I wish more than anything I did not work OUTSIDE the home. I want to hunker down with my kids and not worry about my mother making it to my house in the middle of a snow storm so that I can then, a nervous nelly, make my way slowly through the storm to an office where those there really do not care about how horrible a drive it was for me or my dear mom. But we will do that today. My mom and I. And I will also pray that my love has made it to Montreal.

Until I have the time and the calmed heart to make the pretty things, here is my inspiration...